is this true?

[colombacho]

i took my e30 to the mechanic because it has been having problems with the idle. It seems like it skipps and shakes a little, do not know what it may be, wires, timing, vacum... anyway i took it to him, charged me $450dlls, told me he fixed a vacum, replaced the O2 sensor and the issue is still there. I cant help but to feel like someone i just gave me a prostate exam with out my consent. :-?:(
i paid the guy and took my car, not going to argue on how $60 an hour totals 450 fir an O2 sensor and tightening of a hose... I'll just give him bad word of mouth.

But my big question is that:
I also asked him to do the Valves(have not learned how to use a feeler gauge yet) and he told me that the cam was to old and worn to be adjusted properly. WTF!? is this true?

the car has 164k on it and owned previously by an old lady, do not seem to have been beat on alot, but you never know.

can anyone shed some light on this? thanks
Brian

[nando]

the cam would have to be severely worn to make the valves unadjustable - he probably just didn't feel like working on a 20 year old car.

[Turf1600]

You got bent over. That sucks.

[redhatpat]

Did you get an invoice? How much for the parts, and how much labour did he charge for?

He doesnt sound like a good mechanic. Take your business elsewhere or get your own wrenches.

[Farbin Kaiber]

I have a great deal on a bridge in Az. ATM. Interested?

[lordofthewaters]

Did he even offer to buy you a drink before he f***ed you like that?

I agree with the previous poster. He didn't want to bother with doing the valves.

[Turf1600]

Bring it back and ask him to show you the wear on the cam. Ask his opinion on the condition of your IAC, cap, rotor, plugs, ect - before he opens the hood.

[colombacho]

the cam would have to be severely worn to make the valves unadjustable - he probably just didn't feel like working on a 20 year old car.

that is what i thought, so it is BS right?

i tried to pick the car up before the next day early in the morning, but head done the work already. What ever he did.

about getting bent over... it does feel like that.
but i am under a lot of load that i dont feel like blowing a gasket for shit like this.

related to this on a 164k head should i go ahead with the rebuild of the head or just adjust the valves.?

BTW
if you ever in Denver, CO. dont ever go to "Victors Automotive" located on Brighton Blvd.

BTW if you ever on Denver, CO
dont ever go to Victors Automorive located on Brighton Blvd.

[nando]

just adjust the valves. there's no reason to mess with the head unless something major happened - burned up valve, broken rocker, etc.